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Middleware

Express middleware for authentication, authorization, and scope-based access control.


Overview

AuthSafe provides middleware functions for protecting routes: requireAuth() to require authentication, optionalAuth() for optional authentication, requireScope() for specific scopes, and requireAnyScope() for any of specified scopes.


Basic Usage

import { requireAuth, requireScope } from 'authsafe-express';

app.get('/dashboard', requireAuth(), (req, res) => {
  res.json({ user: req.auth });
});

app.delete('/admin/users/:id', requireScope('admin:write'), (req, res) => {
  // Only users with admin:write scope can access
});

Best Practices
  • requireAuth() blocks requests if user is not authenticated, supports autoRefresh option
  • optionalAuth() attaches authentication session without blocking unauthenticated requests
  • requireScope() and requireAnyScope() provide fine-grained permission control

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